Spartans Sweep Mary Washington

Apr 11, 2009

YORK, PA – The York College baseball team
picked up two more Capital Athletic Conference victories Saturday
with 4-1 and 11-7 triumphs over Mary Washington. The Spartans
improve to 23-7 (13-5 CAC) while the Eagles fall to 14-13 (9-9
CAC).
Game one saw the Spartans fall behind early as
Shane Sixsmith led off the contest with a double. Sixsmith then
scooted over to third as Seamus Bergen pushed him over courtesy of
a fielder’s choice and a York error. After Bergen stole
second, the Eagles looked for a big inning with runners on second
and third and nobody out.
Spartan starter Jason Christenberry
(Yoe, Pa./Dallastown) enticed Eric Rehbein to fly out
forcing both runners to stay put. Will Wright then knocked in
Sixsmith via sacrifice fly to center for the game’s opening
tally, but the Spartans did record the inning’s second out.
Christenberry then escaped the frame by striking out Bryan Quintana
to end the inning and only allowing minimal damage.
The Spartans captured the lead in the bottom of
the third with a trio of runs. With one out, Dustin
Worthman (Tabernacle, N.J./Seneca) knocked a single before
being moved to third courtesy of a Kyle Cook (Pylesville,
Md./North Harford) double. Mike Connolly (Selden,
N.Y./Newfield) followed Cook’s two-bagger with one
of his own, plating York’s first two runs. Ryan Poff
(York, Pa./Spring Grove) recorded a single, moving
Connolly to third with only one out. Rob Andrews (East
Northport, N.Y./Commack) then coaxed a walk from Eagle
starter Wes Hayden to load the bases. The Spartans’ final
tally of the frame came from a C.T. Stanley (Timonium,
Md./Calvert Hall College) sacrifice fly as York led 3-1
after three.
Christenberry shut down the Mary Washington
offense throughout the remainder of the contest. The Spartan junior
only allowed one hit while striking out four the rest of the
way.
The Green and White tacked on an insurance run
in the fourth as Matt Monti (Easton, Pa./Easton)
led off the Spartans’ half of the fourth with a double. After
a fly out, Worthman notched a single. With a pair of athletes on
the base paths, the Spartans executed a double steal which resulted
in York’s fourth run as the subsequent throw to third sailed
into left field.
With his gem of an outing, Christenberry
improved to 5-1 on the year as he only allowed two hits and one run
while striking out six. Hayden takes the loss for Mary Washington
as he falls to 1-5 as he surrendered four runs on nine hits while
also striking out six.
In stark contrast to the opener, game two
proved a slugfest that saw the squads combine for 18 runs.
The Spartans struck first as they touched up
Eagle starter John Miscioscia for two in the first. Worthman led
off the Spartans’ half with a single before swiping second.
Cook then walked as the pair once again executed a double steal to
set up runners on second and third with nobody out. Connolly
grounded into a fielder’s choice as the Eagles cut down
Worthman heading home. Poff then drove in both Cook and Connolly
with a double, his first of four in the game, to give York the
early 2-0 advantage.
The visitors evened the game in the their next
at-bat using a two-out rally and several Spartan miscues to plate a
pair.
York secured the lead again in the bottom of
the frame courtesy of a bases loaded walk as the Spartans led 3-2
after two.
The floodgates would bust open in the third as
Mary Washington and York combined for seven runs in the frame. The
Eagles notched four scores in their half by playing little more
than small-ball. Mary Washington linked a single, a Spartan error,
and a walk together to load the bases before Alex Howell singled to
bring in a pair. Two more would come home in the frame as Mary
Washington took a 6-3 lead.
York hung a three on their side of the
scoreboard in the bottom of the frame as the Green and White
deadlocked the score at six. Poff ripped another double before
being brought home by an Andrews’ single. A pair of walks
later and the Spartans had the bases juiced with two outs.
Joe Doyle (Stewartstown, Pa./Red Lion) knocked a
single to plate Andrews and Stanley as the Spartans chased
Miscioscia after only 2 and 2/3 innings.
York added three more in the fourth and Mary
Washington one in the fifth to bring the score to 9-7 in favor of
the home squad. The Eagles threatened in that fifth inning but
Spartan reliever Rob Harrington (Haddon Township,
N.J./Haddon Township) recorded a pop out and strike out to
close the inning, leaving a pair of Eagle runners stranded.
The Spartans chipped in two more insurance
tallies in the sixth, begun by another Poff double. Andrews’
knocked in Poff with a single to push the lead to 10-7 York.
Following a Stanley single and a Rob Klinck (Stanhope,
N.J./Lenape Valley Regional) sacrifice bunt, Monti plated
Andrews with a sacrifice fly for York’s eleventh run of the
contest.
Despite a threat from the Eagles in the top of
the seventh, Cook came on in relief and quickly registered the
final three outs to record his fifth save of the year.Chris Frankenfield (Blue Bell,
Pa./Wissahickon) notched the win for the Spartans to move
to 3-0 for the season. The Spartan junior went 4.0 innings allowing
nine hits. The Spartan bullpen did its job not allowing a run over
the final three innings.
Miscioscia is saddled with the loss as he falls
to 3-1 after going 2.2 innings and surrendering six runs on six
hits. York got to the Eagles for 13 hits throughout the game.
Worthman posted a banner day as he went 5-for-7
against Eagle pitching, scored two runs and drove in another. Poff
put together a 5-for-7 day, including a monstrous 4-for-4 effort in
game two in which he scored three times and had three R.B.I.s.
Connolly went 3-for-5 on the afternoon with two knocked-in and one
scored. Andrews had a fine game two going 3-for-4 with three runs
batted in and two runs scored.
Most of Mary Washington’s damage came in
the second game. Bryan Quintana went 2-for-3 with two runs scored
while Eric Rehbein posted a 2-for-4 effort with one scored. Howell,
who was 1-for-2, plated two runs and scored another. Jeff Zeisler
had a pair of runs batted in.
The Spartans will look to continue their
winning ways on Tuesday as the Green and White host the first round
of the CAC tournament. First pitch from York is slated for 3:30 pm.
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